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Apparently Fruit of the Loom used to be religious too

How wineries (and any other business, tbf) can get more people to sign up for mailing lists on their websites

How winery websites can optimize their “Visit” section

Thoughts on this one? Good deal or no? www.finewineandgoodspirits.com/antico-monas...

I honestly don’t understand why this style of overstuffed cheesesteak is so popular right now. It’s virtually impossible to bite into, and there’s enough beef to feed 8 people. And don’t even get me started on the filling to bread ratio.

How alcohol websites can optimize the dreaded age gateway

Burrata al forno… just… no. Don’t cook burrata. This is not complicated.

Frigidaire isn’t even trying to make this look like real food

Getting a reservation at Travis Kelce’s new restaurant, 1587 Prime — where, the website reads, “legacy isn’t just honored, it’s transformed into something entirely new,” which translates to “it’s a steakhouse” — was not easy. www.thecut.com/article/1587...

Unpopular opinion: Fontina Val D’Aosta DOP is gross. Other fontina? Tasty! But the DOP stuff is nasty.

I always think this article about Columbus Day is worth sharing… not to change your opinion of the man, or how the US govt treated indigenous people, but to provide interesting historical context about the holiday. theamericanscholar.org/what-columbu...

Ok, even The Floor”s image of a “Philly” cheesesteak had prominent peppers and mushrooms. Come on son!

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Good boy

Checked out the long awaited Eataly in King of Prussia yesterday and… meh. The space is way too small, cluttered, oddly shaped & even more oddly laid out, the latter in a way that encourages crowding. Seems far more focused on the restaurant aspects than the shopping, which has less appeal for me. 👇

Any #wine peeps heard of this? There’s little info on the site, which I assume is by design, and makes it seem like one of those “if you have to ask what it costs you can’t afford it“ things. Also says it’s been featured in Spectator, VinePair and NYT but I can’t find evidence of that. jurnee.club

Taylor Swift wrote a song about Travis Kelce’s dick. Here are 10 paragraphs on what that means for B2B marketing. ~ my LinkedIn Feed, probably

This post will age me but I don’t care… was watching a bit of the game in LA last nite, and couldn’t help but notice that every second that there wasn’t a pitch being thrown, there was loud obnoxious music blasting. 👇

Using GoDaddy’s dashboard is the absolute worst. How is this a top hosting provider?

This meme has been going around, and every time I see it, I think that if someone from #WineSky created it, the wine guy’s response would be “AHCTUALLY, that wine isn’t going to create the correct pairing.”

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

Just discovered there is a #wine related crypto coin. Not going to link it here.

The absolute best part of the Tylenol-autism presser was the part when it was made clear that giving Tylenol to children is dangerous. Because of the association between PRE-NATAL acetaminophen use and NDDs. Pregnant toddlers must be protected!

this is my shocked face 😐

It’s wild to me how quickly “gaslighting” transformed from a word meaning psychological manipulation that almost nobody used to a synonym for “lying“ that everybody uses.

A word of encouragement for everyone who has five year old (or older!) spices sitting in their cabinet: in 2025, it took me just 9 months to go through a 16oz bag of smoked paprika. (For reference, a *large* supermarket jar is 2oz.) It turns out you CAN actually use your spices!

happy birthday Gritty

Not something you read every day

What time is the rapture? My uber religious neighbors have a pretty big house and I wouldn’t mind staking a claim.

It’s almost like Seinfeld didn’t exist

Simple ways to improve your winery‘s homepage substack.com/home/post/p-...

Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for Pentagon reporters www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g...

Dutch late night TV has its take

Dwight chooses not to name names but I know of whom he speaks. I'm sure many others do, too. Dwight speaks for me. foodandwineaesthetics.com/2025/09/16/t...

Right wing activist is shot - who’s to blame?

Commerce7 just announced they have purchased reporting platform Wine Pulse and will be offering its platform to their customers at no additional charge.

‘Indiana Jones of ancient wine’ Patrick McGovern dies www.decanter.com/wine-news/in...

Maybe it’s just me, but I do truly feel that there’s something special about the script of Italian chalkboard menus. It would be cool if there was a font that approximated this… anyone ever seen one? 🤔

I was recently on the Cellar Door Podcast, mostly talking digital UX (i.e., how I can help improve your winery website), but also a bit of culinary history. Check it out:

Tl;dr: No. (Water has always been widely consumed, and evidence has yet to emerge from any era suggesting people of said era believed that wine or beer was “safer” to drink than water.)

I was recently on the Cellar Door Podcast, mostly talking digital UX (i.e., how I can help improve your winery website), but also a bit of culinary history. Check it out:

@annaleen.bsky.social Curious about the use of “hoagie“ to describe a a sandwich on a long roll in Automatic Noodle. As a Philly sandwich guy I enjoyed this inclusion, but nonetheless found it surprising. Do you call them hoagies, not subs? If not, any particular reason you chose that term? 🤔

Florida taking an interesting approach to preventing school shootings: if kids die from measles or smallpox BEFORE they reach school age, they can’t get shot.

Been on a Aussie crime fiction kick lately, and one weird thing I’ve seen from multiple authors is… adults drinking milk. Like, for example, in the middle of the day, hot, arid climate, I’m thirsty, I think I’ll grab a milk. Is this a thing in Australia? Adults drinking milk? 🤔

Welcome to the Era of Big Stupid in America America is no longer anti-intellectual. We’re actively anti-intellect. Great piece from Esquire: www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...

Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine. Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... ) 1/2

I miss the old brand #CDC

there's actually a little known law that says if kyle schwarber hits four homers in one game they have to fund septa

Book signing event: get your signed copies of my new book, American Whiskey Master Class, at Stoll & Wolfe distillery in Lititz, PA 9/24 6:30-8:30. $40 for a book, a talk on heritage grains in whiskey, AND samples of three whiskeys. See you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/american-w...